Question

Why didn't India adopt the spinning technology of the British?

• A. Britain withheld the secrets of the spinning machines from India
• B. Investing a lot of money in spinning machines did not make economic sense in a labour intensive economy like india.
• C. The British spinning machines produced yarn of inferior quality
• D. Adoption of technology would cause a lot of people to go bankrupt

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Investing a lot of money in spinning machines did not make economic sense in a labour intensive economy like india.

The British technology was capital intensive and labour-saving. In India, labour was already abundant and cheap and such a technology did not create any impact.